Shoe-string-holding cuff



E. H. BINNS ET AL VSHOX?. STRING HOLDING CUFF Filed May l1, 1922 2Sheets-Sheet l llullnu Anon/VHS Apr. 24, 1923. 1,453,036

E. H. BINNS ET AL SHOE STRING HOLDING CUFF Filed May ll, 1922 2Sheets-Sheet t INVENTOR. KW/1M) l #Mm ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 24, 1923.

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EDWARD H. BINNS AND RALPH I-I. BINNS, OF PIT" iSBl'Il'PvGr-I,yPENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-STRING-HOLDING CUFF.

Application iledMay 11, 1922. Serial No. 560,218.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, EDWARD H. BiNNs and RALPH H. BINNS, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Pittsburgh, Pa., in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shoe-String- Holding Cuiis, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a shoe-stringy holding cuff, the object of theinvention being to make a simple and preferably detachable cuff for shoetops and to provide the cufl' with end shoe-string holders.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof and illustrating theinvention,

Fig. 1 is a front plan view of a cu'lf embodying the invention, laid outflat.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the inner side of the cuff.l f

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail at line 3-*3 of Fig. 4 further illustratingthe constructional features of the cuff and of a shoe string hold- Fig,4 is a perspective view of a lace shoe provided with my new cuff, and

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional detail at line 5 5 of Figa showing howthe cuff is supported between its ends on the upper edge of the shoetop.

Fig. 6 illustrates a construction in which the shoe-string end holdersare directly over 'the cuif end holes by which the cuff ends areattached to the lacing studs.

Fig. 7 illustrates an inside view of what is shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 illustrates the cuit illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 partiallyconnected with a lace shoe. f

Fig. 9 is a sectional detail of the shoestring holding means with whicheach end of the cuff shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 is provided, at line 9-9of Fig. 7.

In the illustrated form of the invention 1 is the cuH, and 2 the endholes by which the ends of the cuff are detachably hooked on theuppermost lacing studs 3 of the front opening of the lace shoe shown inFig. 4f Near each end the cuff is provided with a chambered shoe stringend holder 4; of button-like form, having a rearwardly projecting shankforming member 5 which is below or under the center of the holder, theend of the shank being provided with reversely bendable lips 6 which,when the shank is thrust through an opening in the cuff end, areclinched near the back surface of the cuff, as indicated in Figs. 2 and3. The upper edge of each chambered holder lies in normal approximatecontact with the outer surface of the flexible cuff, and whentheshoestring 7 has been tied each of its ends may be inserted in thechamber of a holder by tipping the upper edge thereof forwardlyv andytucking each Shoestring end into the chamber of a holder, Preferably,the side wall of each holder is formed with an opening 8 towards thefront opening of the shoe, so that the shoe-string end portions may beextended more neatly `into the holder chambers.

Between its ends this preferably detachable culi is supported on theupper edge of the shoe top by the under edge of a fillet 9 which extendslengthwise of the inward, upward margin of the cuii'. The under edge ofthis fillet or bearing strip 9 is shown resting on the upper edge ofthe' shoe top 10, in Fig. 5.

As shown in Fig. 6, the shoe-string holders la are iixed to the cuifends over the holes 2 by means of duplex metal tongues 11 and 12 fixedat 13 to each end of the cuff.

The free end of each tongue 11 has an open slot 2a for interlocking withan uppermost lacing stud '3, and the tongue 12 has a stud 14: through ahole 2. Each shoe-string end may be caught around the studl/l ifdesired. At any rate, the ends of a knot may be secured back oftheholders 4 which are recessed or chamberedon their back side in directopposition to the end of the cuil.

It will be seen that in the form of shoestring holder shown in Fig. 3,for example. the chambered holder has its rearward or inward concave orchambered surface directly led at its ends with holes for attachment toopposed lacing studs adjacent the front foot opening of a Shoe, each endportion of the cuff being provided with a rearwardly recessedshoe-string holder; the inner surface of the recessed holder beingdirectly7 opposed to the cuff surface and being tippable in relationthereon for reception of a shoestring end.

Signed at New York City in the county of 10 New York and State of NewYork this 27th day of April A.. D. 1922.

EDWARD H. BINNS. RALPH H. BINNS.

